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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






2. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






3. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






4. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






5. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






6. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






7. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






8. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






9. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






10. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






11. The amount of light reflected by a hue






12. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






13. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






14. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






15. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






16. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






17. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






18. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






19. A porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area - Roman buildings followed this Greek architectural style






20. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






21. Renowned for paintings and prints






22. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






23. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






24. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






25. Application of potassium sulphide






26. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






27. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






28. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






29. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






30. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






31. Where the revolving door was fully developed






32. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






33. Technique of ornamenting in which small grains of metal - usually gold - are soldered to a flat surface






34. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






35. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






36. Fastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressure - Fusing two pieces of material using a heat process; most commonly used with metal and plastics






37. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






38. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






39. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






40. Technique of shading using dots to control value






41. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






42. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






43. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






44. Creates blue dye






45. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






46. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter






47. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






48. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






49. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






50. Pale green